The Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) has been recognised for “outstanding contributions to improving the UK’s health and wellbeing” at a national awards event in London. PCP was one of only 20 organisations, out of 420, shortlisted for a GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Kings Fund Impact Award. The GSK IMPACT Awards, run in partnership with...

Business Durham, the economic development company for County Durham, hosted a workshop to outline opportunities for businesses to break into the expanding rail sector. It comes on the back of Hitachi’s £82 million train factory investment in Newton Aycliffe which is bringing 730 jobs to the region. The event, held at Ramside Hall in...

Budding sports writers from Newton Aycliffe visited Durham Cricket Club as part of a school partnership. Year 10 students from Woodham Academy were able to hone their journalistic skills while covering the Durham Jets T20 game against Leicester Foxes last Friday. The school enjoys a good working relationship with Durham County Cricket...

A Teesside-based ports firm which has locations across the UK has expanded to Aycliffe Business Park. PD Ports has opened a project and commercial office in Newton Aycliffe to complement its Teessport head office. The company, which offers end-to-end supply chain solutions, operates at many key UK ports and logistics centres –...

By Martin Walker Newton Aycliffe’s first team maintained their promotion hopes with a hard-fought win at bottom side Thornaby at the weekend. Aycliffe, who are in their first season in the NYSD League second division after winning promotion from the third tier last summer, beat Thornaby’s second team by 31 runs on...

Police have released CCTV images of two men suspected of shoplifting in Newton Aycliffe. Officers say the pair, above, are suspected of stealing from the McColls store at Parson Centre, near the Turbinia pub, on the 1st May this year. Anyone who knows their identities is asked to contact Newton Aycliffe Neighbourhood Policing Team on...

Newton Aycliffe FC are looking for a new physio after Kevan Spanton was forced to resign due to a promotion at work. It leaves new boss Dan Mellanby with a crucial hole to fill in his backroom staff. “Its a blow to us,” said Mellanby. “Kev came to us freshly qualified looking for an opportunity. He quickly became very popular in...

Newton Aycliffe-based offshore cable protection specialists Tekmar Energy has reinforced its senior management team with the appointments of a non-executive technical director and a technical sales manager. Dr Terry Sheldrake and Charlie Sullivan have taken up the respective roles which further underpin Tekmar’s engineering-led technical...

Police are appealing for information after a burglary in the town. At approximately 9.30am on Friday (20th June), a man was seen entering the property in the Langdale Place area before leaving with a jar containing money and making off towards the boating lake area. If you have any Information contact police on 101.    ...

A new weekly walking group is starting from the Pioneering Care Centre in Newton Aycliffe. Walking is one of the easiest ways to get more active, lose weight and become healthier. It's underrated as a form of exercise but walking is ideal for people of all ages and fitness levels who want to be more active. Regular walking has been...